I haven't been here in a while. It seems like every month is going by faster and faster! I think I spend more time working in Zerene than I do sleeping
Took a break right now to post some stacks. All stacks are of rehydrated and posed specimens.
Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex hospes cognata) -16mm
The emerald cockroach wasp enslaves cockroaches by injecting its venom into a certain part of the brain, the protocerebrum, which controls the ability to start walking. The newly made zombie will become host for the wasp's larvae. The larvae will live in and eat the insides of the roach until it emerges as an adult.
Stack of 401, Mitutoyo M Plan 10x
Mouhotia batesi -42mm
Stack of 62 images, Nikon 105mm 2.8 micro-nikkor
Rove Rear (Staphylinidae sp.) -12mm body length
Stack of 481 images, Mitutoyo M Plan 10x
Sipalinus gigas -23mm, perched upon a pollinated spadix of anthurium.
Stack of 29 images, Nikon 105mm 2.8 micro-nikkor
Left side - Anoplognathus punctulatus -21mm
Right side - Anoplognathus daemeli -19mm
Two kinds of Australian Christmas beetles together upon the seed pod of a maleleuca quinquenervia tree.
Stack of 51 images, Nikon 105mm 2.8 micro-nikkor
Figulus sulcicollis -9mm
Stack of 387, Mitutoyo M Plan 10x
